The Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Cybernetics group

(ISRC) at Sandia National Laboratories has the capabilities,

expertise, and experience to develop advanced automation

solutions for high consequence tasks and missions for a

variety of customers. Our expertise in advanced controls,

enhanced perception, robust manipulation, advanced

mechanical design, unique mobility, and fail-safe design and

integration enable us to design, develop, and implement

robotic and non-robotic automation solutions that our

customers can trust to handle their most challenging high

consequence tasks and missions.

Advanced Controls, Enhanced Perception, and

Cybernetics Advanced controls capabilities that include distributed

optimal control of cooperative robotic systems, distributed

electrical systems, single-operator control of teams of

heterogeneous unmanned systems, embedded control

system design, software development, and our Brain-

Emulating Cognition Control Architecture (BECCA).

Enhanced perception capabilities that include 3D

geometric modeling and texture mapping, 3D video

motion detection, simultaneous localization and mapping,

and augmented reality training.

Cybernetic capabilities that include implantable sensors

with neural interfaces, a dynamic prosthetic socket, and

modular integrated microsystems.

Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Cybernetics (ISRC)

Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Cybernetics (ISRC)

Innovative Designs We leverage Sandia’s capabilities in miniaturization

of electronics and components as well as advances in

material sciences and power sources to create

innovative systems that are launching revolutions in

areas such as medicine, space exploration, and

surveillance. We have fabrication capabilities that

enable the development of mezo and miniature

scaled hopping, crawling, wheeled, tracked, and

articulated miniature mechanical vehicles. The

development of miniature, autonomous vehicles

coupled with our advanced control technology has

enabled the development of swarms of miniature,

autonomous vehicles capable of performing tasks

that are difficult or impossible to do today such as

locating and disabling land mines, detecting

chemical and biological weapons, and verifying

treaties. We specialize in small-scale multi-domain

engineered systems that exploit mechanical,

electrical / electronic, magnetic, fluid, thermal and

chemical phenomena and advanced materials.

www.sandia.gov/research/robotics

Unique Mobility At the ISRC we specialize in developing

advanced mobility technologies to support a

broad range of tasks and missions. Utilizing

our expertise in mechanical design and

fabrication, video and vision processing,

communications systems, embedded

computing, control, and navigation, we

develop advanced mobility systems that have

been fielded for use for a variety of tasks

including: surveillance and reconnaissance,

autonomous exterior/interior intrusion

detection, de-mining, improvised explosive

devices disablement, and accident response.

Robust Manipulation The ISRC has a long history of automating robots for

difficult manipulation tasks. Leveraging Sandia-

developed sensor technologies to locate objects in the

environment coupled with automated motion planners

and force sensing and control technologies has

enabled the development of advanced robot

manipulators that can move to desired locations,

perform safe interactions with hazardous materials,

and can even perform fine manipulation tasks such as

opening doors and performing surgery.

High Consequence Automation and Fail-Safe Design and Integration We design, develop, and integrate fail-safe components into our

systems creating high-surety systems that are robust to a variety

of failure modes, giving our customers increased confidence that

our systems can safely perform high consequence tasks

Contact Information robotics@sandia.gov

www.sandia.gov/research/robotics

Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Cybernetics

Sandia National Laboratories